"... in Noumea between 7 and 10 September (2006) ... The Parties to the Apia Convention agreed to suspend the operations of the Apia Convention until further notice because all its Parties are also Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity which encompasses the subject matter of the Apia Convention and is the primary instrument for executing that subject matter." http://lyris.sprep.org/att/publication/000501_17SM_Report.pdf Page 111